Premier League club Cardiff City is also known by which nickname?

Premier League club Cardiff City is also known by the nickname The Bluebirds.

The nickname refers to the bluebird featured in the club’s identity and to Cardiff’s long association with blue home colors. Cardiff adopted blue and white as its traditional colors after changing its name from Riverside A.F.C. in 1908, helping establish the visual connection that produced the Bluebirds name.

The club was founded in 1899 and played at Ninian Park from 1910 until moving to Cardiff City Stadium in 2009. Its bluebird emblem appeared on club crests and shirts for decades, making the nickname familiar well beyond Wales. Cardiff’s major local rivalry is with Swansea City in the South Wales derby.

There was one notable interruption. Owner Vincent Tan changed Cardiff’s home colors to red in 2012 and reduced the bluebird’s prominence on the crest. Strong opposition from supporters followed, and the club returned to blue home colors and restored the bluebird’s central place in 2015. Cardiff has played in the Premier League during the 2013–14 and 2018–19 seasons.